SI20/web/start-matter/index.md

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title: Start matter
author: Stephen

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Co-published by 
Experimental Publishing,
Willem de Kooning Academie,
Wijnhaven 61, Rotterdam
and 
Page Not Found
Space for publishing as artistic practice
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2512 CL Den Haag

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TBC

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#CONSOLE

####xpub special issue xx

Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help yourself. 
Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of healing; 
Console  provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries. 
Face the past and encounter your fortune.
Console gives you a new vantage point; a set of rituals and practices that help you cope and care; 
Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers. 
Are you ready to play?

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##<3 this publication made possible thanks to:

Lídia Pereira (ed.)
Artemis Gryllaki (ed.)
Manetta Berends
Joseph Knierzinger
Steve Rushton
Leslie Robbins
Michael Murtaugh
Sébastien Tien and the Page Not Found team
Anna M. Szaflarski
Paul DD Smith 
Shana Moulton
Bérénice Serra
The Sun is its father
The Moon its mother
The Wind hath carried it in its belly
The Earth is its nurse

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#Table of contents

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